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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 35809:
- Nepal Rebels Assess Opinions (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Jun 26, 2006)
Maoist chief Prachanda and his number two, Baburam Bhattarai, arrived here late last night for t alks with politicians and prominent citizens ahead of the next summit with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
- Singh, Sonia To Push Own Agendas (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Jun 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are both expected to have their way in the monsoon session of Parliament.
- Sc Verdict: It Should Not Be The End (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2006)
During the hearing of PSM’s privatization by the Supreme Court, many an inherent loophole, weakness and chance of irregularity, misuse of authority and corruption in the privatization process stood exposed.
- ‘Growth Opportunities Must For Indian Railways’ (Statesman, Dipankar Chakraborty, Jun 26, 2006)
Dr Christoph Wolff, director, McKinsey & Company believes that the Indian Railways must adopt the mantra of “Faster and more trains on the track” in the competitive and fast evolving global railway scenario.
- Damping Inflation And Supporting Growth (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Jun 26, 2006)
The challenge is to minimise the adverse impact of inflationary expectations on investment.
- Using Market Futures To Check Soaring Prices (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 26, 2006)
The surge in prices of essentials is a reminder of the urgency for reforms on commodity futures trading
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 26, 2006)
While it is gratifying to see India focus on the positive and play down the negative in its dealings with China, but in its keenness, it seems prepared to forget what happened to it in the past. The Chinese are not.
- Ramadoss Is The Symptom (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Jun 26, 2006)
The Pioneer has, in a sense, been unfair to Union Health Minister, Anbumani Ramadoss by singling him out for criticism and describing him as a risk to India's health sector (editorial, "Sack Ramadoss", June 17).
- Media Circus Goes On (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jun 26, 2006)
The Left parties are clearly getting more aggressive and the meeting between Mr Prakash Karat and Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav cannot be ignored as they jointly represent close to 105 MPs.
- Arcelor Accepts Improved Mittal Takeover Bid (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
European steel maker Arcelor bowed to an improved 25.6 billion euro ($32.2 billion) takeover bid from Mittal Steel on Sunday to create a world giant three times larger than its nearest rival.
- National Security Redefined (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 26, 2006)
IN an earlier article on the subject of national security, I suggested that we must implement a comprehensive national security policy taking into account its military, economic, diplomatic and internal dimensions in an optimum mix, rather . . .
- Moderate Slow Down In Gdp Growth This Year, Says Cii (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has predicted that the economy would witness a moderate slowdown in the GDP growth in the current year but the growth would still remain impressive at around 8 per cent level.
- Education: Lopsided Emphasis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
The Higher Education Commission might be serious about its plan to increase the number of doctoral graduates who have earned their degrees in Pakistan to 1,500 a year.
- Need For A Policy Re-Think (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
The landmark decision of the Supreme Court annulling the privatisation of Pakistan Steel Mills provides the government much-needed pause to re-think its privatisation policy.
- Mittal Closes Arcelor Deal? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
While two Indian news channels said on Sunday Mittal and Arcelor struck a deal at 43 euros per share, with Arcelor paying a 130 million euro penalty to disengage from Severstal, AFP reported from . . .
- Mantra For Armed Forces' Synergy (Pioneer, Rahul Datta, Jun 26, 2006)
Parallel warfare is the new mantra for the Indian armed forces for fighting future wars and the three services are now laying down the principles for joint operations to achieve the political and military objectives.
- Mittal Set To Steel Kingship (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Arcelor board weighs suitors at meeting ---- World's number one steel maker Mittal Steel and European Steel giant Arcelor are close to an agreement on an improved Mittal alliance offer of 40.37 Euros per share for the European group, a source . . .
- Bush's Balancing Act Needs Putin's Backing (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
It was five years ago on Monday when President George W Bush peered into Vladimir Putin's eyes for the first time and got "a sense of his soul," pronouncing the Russian president "straightforward and trustworthy."
- Ipo Allotment Norms (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 26, 2006)
Government moves in right direction
The government’s instruction to the Securities and Exchange Board of India to review the existing norms for initial public offering (IPO), particularly the definition of a “retail investor”, is a move in the . . .
- Mobile Phone Boom Eludes Zimbabwe As Crisis Bites (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
It is a cold winter night in central Harare, but 100 people are willing to queue on the pavement until the shops open in the morning.
- Market May Struggle To Maintain Intermediate Recovery (Business Line, Jayanta Mallick , Jun 26, 2006)
Because of low participation, Sunday's one-hour trading could not throw up any fresh indicative trend for this week.
- Show-Cause On Bsnl Official For Alleged Graft (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
The Central Information Commission has issued a show cause notice to a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited officer for demanding a fee of Rs 9,810 to provide information under the Right to Information Act.
- Reliant Milk (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 26, 2006)
Hope yet for one of life’s essentials
Even detractors of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s industrialisation policy must readily concede that the “almost final” decision to hand over the state-run
- Mirror, Mirror On The Wall? (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 25, 2006)
If you can't get it right after 16 attempts, how can you say your method works?
- `Syndicate Bank Has Adopted Corporate Governance System' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Chairman and Managing Director of Syndicate Bank C.P. Swarnkar said on Saturday that the bank had adopted an effective system of corporate governance to ensure continued growth of shareholder value, keeping in view the interest of all stakeholders.
- Are Quotas Like Apples, Or What? (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Jun 25, 2006)
Consider a hawker vending a mix of two varieties of apples — one of top quality, fragrant and sweet, and the other of a lower grade quality, bland and bereft of fragrance.
- Rectify The Alarming Mismatch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 25, 2006)
The Centre’s proposal to enforce reservations in all educational institutions and the demand for reservation in private sector jobs should be viewed as expression of serious concern.
- `Corridor To Electronics City, Symbol Of What Bangalore Has Come To Represent' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Manmohan lays foundation stone for the Rs. 450-crore 10-lane mixed corridor project
The Prime Minister calls the project the latest milestone in `road revolution'
`Bangalore's IT sector must share the credit for city's emergence as a global brand'
- Arrest Altaf, Dismiss Sindh Govt: Apc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Qazi says MQM ‘biggest land mafia in country’
- Dilemma Of The Communists (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Jun 25, 2006)
Indian communist parties have set the ball rolling for the formation of a non-Congress and non-BJP bloc of parties and groups with a view to form a coalition government at the Centre.
- Iraqi Sunni Leader Detained (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Sunni groups today complained that the US troops detained a top Sunni religious leader in Tikrit, while a US soldier was killed in a bomb blast during a foot patrol in Baghdad at the end of a particularly deadly week for the US forces in Iraq.
- Jayalalithaa Condemns Disinvestment Plan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary and Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Jayalalithaa, has condemned the Centre's decision to disinvest . . .
- Scrap The Two-Child Norm (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 25, 2006)
Panchayati raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s position that the two-child norm for candidates seeking election to panchayat bodies is discriminatory is beyond dispute. His perseverance, considering that he reiterated his stand in Orissa recently is . . .
- Azad Kashmir Finances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2006)
THE Azad Jammu & Kashmir budget, passed by the state’s legislative assembly within two hours of its presentation on Thursday, has a total outlay of Rs19.93 billion, marginally up from the outgoing year’s Rs17.84 billion.
- Food Indigo (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2006)
While the UPA Government's decision to allow increased import of wheat, pulses and sugar can be expected, over the coming days, to ease the current shortage and curb the galloping prices of essential commodities, the resort to such . . .
- Misadventures Will Backfire (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jun 25, 2006)
In the aftermath of the Assam Assembly elections where the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), a coalition of Muslim parties in the State that came into existence just months before the polls, captured 10 seats, there is now a focused . . .
- Av Birla Group To Buy Canadian Bpo Firm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Signs definitive agreement with Minacs; deal valued at $125 m
Deal to be completed by August
Acquisition to be made through TransWorks
RHCP intends investing in the combined entity
- Grass Is Greener Here (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2006)
It's showtime folks in "Azad" Kashmir:
- Birla Acquires Minacs For $125m (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
A V Birla group on Saturday announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent stake in Canada's largest BPO firm Minacs for $125 million (nearly Rs 562 crore).
- `Mixed Corridor Is A Symbol Of What Bangalore Has Come To Represent' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Manmohan Singh lays foundation stone for the Rs. 450-crore 10-lane project
The Prime Minister calls the project the latest milestone in `road revolution'
`Bangalore's IT sector must share the credit for city's emergence as a global brand'
- Yechury Criticises Nalco Divestment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
"Neither common sense nor good economics"
NALCO, NLC are profit-making units
Widen tax net to generate resources
Stop forward trading in essential commodities
- Attack On Mystic: Lashkar Man Identified (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 25, 2006)
Islamists here have long opposed the influence of Ahad Sa'ab Sopore, who quit his job and became a mystic
Nassar responsible for recent attacks in Sopore
Islamists oppose influence of Ahad Sa'ab Sopore
Sufi shrines targeted by terrorist groups
- Panchayat Raj Elections: Congress, Allies Reach Seat-Sharing Accord (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Parties appeal to respective candidates in race against official nominees to retire
TRS, CPI agree to contest ZPTCs allotted to them by Congress
While TRS is allotted 68 ZPTCs, CPI is given 34
Congress to contest all the four ZPTCs vacated by TRS
- From The Pages Of History (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
The Andhra and Mysore governments propose to move the Planning Commission for an enhancement of the allotment for the Tungabhadra High Level Canal in the Second Five-Year Plan from Rs 7 crores to at least Rs 12 crores.
- Pm Clarifies Reasons For Fuel Price Hike (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that the recent hike in the prices of petrol and diesel was to avoid increase in financial implications on the country's economy following hike in crude oil prices in the international market.
- Nalco Protest Gathers Steam, Effigies Burnt (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The agitation against Nalco's disinvestment intensified further on Saturday with employees stopping work at different plants and burning effigies of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
- Ringtones Help Corporates Bond With Customers (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The next time you hear Hum Hai Na, ICICI Bank's signature tone, instead of Beatles California Dreaming , don't be surprised. Corporates are on a mobile makeover mode. And it has started with the ringback tone.
- Indian Cas To Soon Get Recognition In S'pore, Uk (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Indian Chartered Accountants can look forward to practice in Singapore and the UK as the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) is in the process of signing a mutual recognition of professional agreement with the two countries.
- Praful Bidwai: Bull-Headed About India (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jun 25, 2006)
Current Western euphoria over India's growth betrays total ignorance of realities like the 100,000 farmers' suicides.
- Jayati Ghosh: Bumps In The Flat World (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Jun 25, 2006)
The Mittal group's bid to take over Arcelor confirms that the world continues to be sullied by social and cultural differences.
- Will Location Have Impact On Development? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
'It is not the place or the emotions that solve problems, it is the administrative skills and the government’s priorities"
- Merger Of Iti With Bsnl Sought (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Former minister and MLA A Krishnappa has appealed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to merge the ITI Limited, which is reeling under loss, with the BSNL.
- Indian Economy To Grow At Eight Per Cent, Says Cii (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
India's economic growth will remain high at a notable eight per cent for the current fiscal but will slip from last year's 8.4 per cent, says the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
- Lesson In Tomato Soup: Don’T Give Up Milk For Tv (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 25, 2006)
When television news moved from animals to vegetables—the perfunctory, almost non-existent reportage on the forest commission’s assessment of tiger reserves to the kitchen wall to kitchen wall coverage of tomato prices
- Al-Qaeda Steps Up Propaganda War (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Jun 25, 2006)
Al-Qaeda stepped up its propaganda war against foreign troops in Afghanistan on Friday through a fresh video by deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urging Afghans to rise against ``infidel invaders.''
- Kanishka Victims: Memorial Coming Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Foundation for a memorial was laid on Friday near the banks of Lake Ontario
- Price We Pay (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 25, 2006)
The government has reacted to the sharp rise in prices of wheat, pulses and vegetables by measures for demand and supply management. Allowing the private sector to import wheat is welcome.
- Sell Insurance As Service, Not As A Mere Product (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Jun 25, 2006)
The seller should not be allowed to treat the customer as an object to be manipulated or used
- Where Was The Digest During Last Year’S Floods? (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jun 25, 2006)
For those like me who have spent more than 50 years in Mumbai, it was a rude shock to learn that we are the “rudest” people in the world.
- ‘Drunk’ Jd (U) Mla Leaves Nitish Red-Faced (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The brazen public display of muscle power by a “drunk” JD (U) MLA from Piro in Bhojpur district, Sunil Pandey, at a five-star hotel in the wee hours today, has left Chief Minister Nitish Kumar red-faced.
- Devotion And Harmony By The Ganga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
In Haridwar, every shrine and temple is woven into a time-honoured mesh of legends and beliefs.
- Arcelor Board To Decide On Mittal's Improved Offer (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Arcelor and arch rival Mittal Steel, the world's two biggest steel makers, talked late on Saturday to try to settle their long takeover battle.
- Manmohan Warns Roadhogs (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Appalled by the chaos on roads, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today said wind-swept roads and fancy cars alone do not reflect progress, which had to be accompanied by good road manners and discipline.
- Pm Lays Stone For 10-Lane Expressway (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The public-private partnership (PPP) is to be the new mantra for development with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, saying that the country’s experience with this model has been very successful and that more funds will be tapped from the . . .
- Turn It On (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 25, 2006)
One of the biggest failings of this government is its inaction on the disinvestment front. Once seen as the cornerstone of reforms, disinvestment has fallen off the agenda.
- Discovering Polonnaruwa (Hindu, Shonar Joshi, Jun 25, 2006)
Though most of it is ruins, Polonnaruwa is very much alive with an all-pervasive sense of devotion.
- Rajapakse Opts For War (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 25, 2006)
In the prevailing circumstances, India has a special responsibility in preventing this mindless blood-letting in Sri Lanka
- C.P.Chandrasekhar: Oil Price Politics (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Jun 25, 2006)
The Centre's obsession with increasing its own revenues forces it to pass on the additional burden of increasing oil prices to consumers and State governments.
- Quit Call Rings Across Vietnam (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Vietnam’s National Assembly today confirmed the resignations of the Prime Minister, President and Assembly chief, kicking off a political reshuffle in the communist nation, an Assembly official said.
- Sensex Surges In Special Trade, Gains 103 Points (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The benchmark Sensex surged by 103 points in the early special trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange today on sustained buying by funds.
- Myth Blasted (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 25, 2006)
Perhaps being something of an outsider facilitated Ghulam Nabi Azad’s exposing as myth the theory that militancy thwarts development activity in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Reversing Reforms: Price Control Returns (The Financial Express, BARUN MITRA, Jun 25, 2006)
The constant political pressure to control prices by state fiat will undo the 15 years of reform
- Triple Whammy From The Rbi (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 25, 2006)
The Reserve Bank has increased interest rates continuously since October 2004 in order to cool down the economy.
- Indian Economy To Show 5.6 Pc Cagr Growth Till 2020 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Indian economy is likely to grow at the rate of 5.9 per cent evey year between 2006 and 2020 and would contribute 12.2 per cent of the global economic growth in the next 15 years, according to survey by Economist Intelligence Unit.
- Misreading Tehran (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Tehran The mullah asked the Korean: "What's your idea about Iranians?"
- Why Did Bush Blink On Iran? (Ask Condi) (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran knows what he wants: nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them; suppression of freedom at home and the spread of terrorism abroad; and the "shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the . . .
- Inside Iran's Fractured Regime (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
For weeks, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has insisted that there are no fissures in the Iranian regime.
- Iran On The Potomac (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
As the Bush administration frets over Iran's nuclear program, Iranian dissidents are descending on Washington, seeking help in fostering regime change back home. Just one problem: The exiles can't agree on a strategy.
- Iraqi Govt Declares State Of Emergency (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The Iraqi government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew Friday after insurgents set up roadblocks in central Baghdad and opened fire on U.S. and Iraqi troops just north of the heavily fortified Green Zone.
- Grass Is Greener Here (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 24, 2006)
Pakistan claims to be a well wisher of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and it has assumed the role of an advocate.
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